alumnaeupdates Martha Arzayus Garcia ’96 and husband, Eric Garcia (SJ ’95), welcomed their third child, Alex Cesar Garcia on March 14, 2012. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches. He was welcomed home with open arms by big sister Julia, 4, and big brother Nicolas, 2. Martha also became a Stella & Dot Independent Jewelry Stylist in January of 2011. stelladot.com/marthagarcia Colleen Quirke Lewis ’98 and husband, Michael (ST ’96), welcomed their third child Will Adams Lewis on January 6, 2012. Will joins big sister Molly and big brother Web. Rose Daly Cull ’98 and husband Daniel celebrated their first wedding anniversary in March. Daniel and Rose met while in the conservation department at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. In August 2011, Rose completed a Master of Science degree in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. She specializes in the conservation of objects and sculpture. She and Daniel live in Phoenix, Arizona. Kathlyn Coulter Curtis ’99 and husband Nick welcomed their son Jean Luc Andreas Curtis, May 9, 2012, weighing 8 oz and measuring 21 inches.
2000s Becky Carlson ’00 has been working with the Glocap Search, an executive search firm based in NYC, since graduating from Lehigh. She is currently a vice president. She is getting married this November in Greenwich, Connecticut, and plans to go to Italy for a honeymoon. Melissa Montalbano Hawthorne ’00 and husband, Matthew (SJ ’00), welcomed twin boys William Harris and Wesley Joseph on May 28, 2012. They are the great grandsons of the late Angela Maggio Montalbano ’39 and nephews to Michele Montalbano Osten ’95 and Melinda Montalbano ’05. Silke Koester ’01 and husband, Ryan, quit their jobs in New York City shortly after getting married and embarked on a yearlong mountain adventure honeymoon! They are now living in Boulder, Colorado, where they get to live their dream of
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running in the mountains every day with their adopted border collie. Silke continues to focus professionally on educational reform. She works for EDUCAUSE on a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded initiative which focuses on identifying and scaling technology enabled approaches to dramatically improve college readiness and completion, especially for low income young adults. C.J. Walthall Kanelakos ’02 works with the Engineering Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Jacqueline Jones ‘03 Space Center in Houston as a mechanical Erica Bogdan ’06 graduated from engineer for the Robonaut2 (R2) Team. R2 St. Edward’s University in 2010 is a fully dexterous humanoid robot designed with a degree in Graphic Design. and built to serve as a robotic assistant to She is currently doing design and the crew during spaceflight. A unit of R2 development for Schipul, a web was launched on the space shuttle in July marketing company in Houston. In her 2011 to the International Space Station where spare time, she volunteers and handles it will reside indefinitely. social media for AIGA Houston and does some freelance illustration work. Jacqueline Jones ’03 graduated from Northwestern University with a Masters Jocie Breckon ’06 recently quit her job degree in higher education administration in Galveston, sold her belongings that and policy. She accepted a position as the didn’t fit in one car, and moved with Coordinator of Residence Life at Franklin her dog to Ontario to work at a fishing College, Switzerland where she manages lodge. She says “Guess some of us the residence life department. Last year she never grow up!” supervised a team of 14 resident assistants, lead a Service Leadership class trip of 20 Theresa Caram Xochitl Chorba ’06 students to Poland, and mentored three is engaged to DJ Safady and getting students through a leadership mentor married in October 2012. She started program. She recently started training for graduate school for a master’s in Liberal her first triathlon and 10k. Arts-Psychology at University of St. Karen Kelleher ’03 graduated from DePaul Thomas and works at St. Vincent de Law School, sat for the Illinois Bar, and got Paul Catholic School. engaged. She is planning a summer 2013 wedding in the Chicago suburbs. Elizabeth (Liz) Connolly ’06 is a manager at Victoria’s Secret and Marcelina Guerrero ’04 graduated from the working towards a writing and School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a economics degree at the University of Master of Arts degree for Art History, Theory Houston. and Criticism and a Master of Arts degree for Arts Administration and Policy. Carol Glaser ’06 graduated from Texas Melinda Montalbano ’05 graduated in May 2012 with a Master of Education in Administration and Supervision from the University of Houston. Jennifer Erin Ryan ’05 was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown, Jennifer was active in the Catholic Law Students Association and served as its President in 2012. She was an editor of The Georgetown International Environmental Law Journal and spent a semester at the Georgetown Institute for Public Representation in the area of Environmental Justice. Alyssa Alexander ’06 graduated from Wake Forest University in December 2009 with a BA in Psychology and Spanish. She worked for the Public Defender Service in D.C. as an investigator for a year before moving to Spain to teach English. She is starting a master’s degree in Translation in Seville, Spain.
State University in December 2009 with a BA in Mass Communication/ Advertising. She has been working for Texas Right to Life in Houston for over two years doing youth outreach. Her plan is to eventually work at an ad agency. Becca Gosda ’06 graduated from Texas A&M in May 2010 and began teaching 4th grade math at The Village School in west Houston. She is also the head coach for the high school girls’ soccer team and is 8th grade volleyball coach.
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